I’ve always wanted to visit Japan. Looks like my anime self beat me to it! Yesterday, news was flying around that I made a split-second cameo in a panning shot of Zettai Karen Children: The Unlimited. This could have been a coincidence, had the Nostalgia Critic not been standing right next to me! Pretty cool. I have to confess, I didn’t know anything about the show before, but they seem to know us.

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LightningLuigi

February 5, 2013 at 2:27 pm

Oh geeze, that is incredible. I seriously can hardly believe what I’m seeing right now. Looks like you both have fans all over the place.

Exactly how is this covered under “fair use”? What clause specifically, because I can’t find it. I’m all for fair use, but even when something as simple as a movie poster appears in the background of a movie, it has to be paid for. Same case here.

I’m not positive on the exact clause, but there are a few factors that would make it quite a difficult case to win. Firstly the scene was incredibly short and didn’t use a major aspect of the AVGN’s character. If they for instance, recreated AVGN’s opening scene, there would be more of a case. Secondly, the scene did nothing to hurt the AVGN’s reputation or ability to be successful…In short, the clip would be safe. It’s similar to how musicians may use lines from other songs without legal ramifications. If they steal an entire hook, that is a completely different story.

For the record, I am not a lawyer or a law student. I am just basing this off of research I have done and other cases I’ve seen. Regardless, this is a nice homage to James and I’m sure he would never be that petty.

pinkman

February 9, 2013 at 8:41 am

Some people’s enthusiasm to sue s**t out of everything is quite amusing isn’t it? Just remember, you’re not in Kansas anymore. So unless you have whole MPAA’s task force behind you good luck with that lawsuit 😉

I would have thought it was just a coincidence if it was just an AVGN look alike (white shirt, glasses…) but the fact that there’s a Critic look alike too totally seals the deal for me (I mean, suit jacket, glasses, goatee, cap and a loosely tied red tie, that’s NO coincidence) .

Congrats, James, it seems you and Doug have some fans at that Anime Studio 🙂

I’m gonna be perfectly honest, I knew this would happen someday but it still took me by surprise! The reason I knew is you have a large fanbase over there; I’m surprised they didn’t throw in the phrase “Where did you learn to fly” as well since it’s known because of your Atari Jaguar review, heh. Congrats for this man

Hey! This is just way too cool! You know you’ve made it when you appear as a flabbergasted anime extra in a scene of civic destruction/turmoil. You know that green-shirted guy has got to be somebody . . . maybe one of the animators?

If you watch a lot of anime, you’ll notice that the animators love inserting famous personages and funky one-offs into crowds. Just take a look at the first two seasons of Real Ghostbusters and the Japanese eps of Inspector Gadget (you know, the ones where everyone is always on model).

That’s pretty awesome. I hadn’t heard of the show, but just the fact that they decided to put you in it, even for an instant, really speaks volumes about your fame and how you have fans everywhere. Very cool.

I’ve seen this before. When I watched this anime. It shocked me and this is awesome. Before the anime appearance, I believed the studio saw AVGN and Nostalgia Critic in Duel. Also the anime fan made the image of AVGN before Zettai Karen Children: The Unlimited – Hyobu Kyosuke.